Oil and water retort and burner.



No. '783,933- u PATENTED FEB` 28, 1905. WL L. DECKER.

OIL AND WATER RETORT AND BURNER.

APPL'IUATION FILED 113.217, 1004.

WHWESSES; f INVENTOR tMTTORJN UNITED STATES lateuted February 28, 1905.

PATENT Unsinn.

WILLIAM L. DECKER, OF (SrRIASiVIICRE, NFDV YORK, ASSIGNOR T() PLA'lT ANI) DllXlKlill, OF N EW YORK, N. Y., A, FIRA/l.

Oli. AND WATER HETOHT AND BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,933, dated February 28, 1905. Application filed April 27, 1904. Serial No. 205,059.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. Dnoxuu, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Grasmere, Staten Island, in the county of Richmond and State ot' N ew York, have invented certain new and Vuseful Improvements in Oil and lVater Retorts and Burners; and I do hereby declare the following' to be a t'ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as ro will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a gas-generating mechanism; and it consists in a new construction and arrangement of parts i'or vaporizing i5 oil and water, mixing and super-heating the vapors. The important features are the generator composed ot' an outer shell, a water-su p ply pipe thereto, an inner shell arranged within the outer shell, an oil-pipe to the inner shell, a

burner arranged below the outer shell, and a connecting-pipe between the grnierator and the burner to conduct the vapor to the latter.

Both shells are filled or packed with any suitable tibrous, granular, or porous material, so that extra heating-surface is provided and the liquids percolating therethrough are broken up so as to be easily vaporized and mixed be- 't'ore they pass into the burner. By this mechanism the oil and water are continuously vap orized, the vapors thoroughly mixed, so that l when burned an intense heat is generated with great economy ot' fuel. Y

My invention will be understood b v reiference to the drawings herewith, in which the reference-numerals ol,l the speciiication indicate the same parts in all the figures.

'Figure I. isa longitudinal section et' a stove provided with my invention with portions ot' `the generator in section andv portions broken 4o away. Fig. Il is an end elevation thereof. Fig. Ill is a vertical cross-section of Fig. If.' Fig. 1V shows a modiiication of the inner shell in the form of a trough having an elongated opening toward its outer end.

1n the iigures, l indicates the stove or heater of any desirable construction in which the grate is not necessary, but where provided with a grate 2, as in case oi' `an old stove or g heater, it need not be disturbed, b'ut the gen- 1 erator may be suitably arranged with ret'er- 5o ence thereto, commonly below it. This generator consists ol an outer shell ot' any suitable size, shape, and material, here shown as a piece t of iron pipe, having the ends closed by caps 5 .5, into the inner oi which are tapped the 5 5 water and oil inlets 7 8, which may extend through any openings in the sideoi the stove or through holes specially drilled to receive them and by which the generator simported atits inner end. In theoutershell is arranged 6o the inner or oil shell 10, also of any suitable size, shape, and material, and here shown asa piece ot' smaller pipe with its ends closed by caps il ll, into theinnerend ot' which is tapped the oil-inlet 8. To said inlets by unions l?) 13 65 are respectively connected the water-supply pipe l5, provided with suitable valve 1G, and the oil-supply pipe 17, provided with suitable valve 18, said pipes conducting the respective liquids from any suitable source ot' 7o supply, such sources beingarranger-I above and ied by gravity or below and at any distance with a t'eed under pressure. The interior otI both shells is lilled and packed with any suitn able porous, granular, or fibrous refractory material, leaving interstices through which the liquids per-colate, such as iron or steel chips or lilings, coarse sand, asbestos, &c. Atits outer end the outershcll is provided with a perforated shield or strainer 2() to prevent 8o the packing `from entering the connecting-pipe 21, com municating with the burner or burners 22, provided with vapor-holes in its top and arranged longitudinally beneath the generator or any other suitable Iorm ot' burlier, such as 3 5 the tubular burner, here shown arranged in any convenient situation to hea tthe gel'ierator.

23 is the supporting-leg I'or the burner, by which also the generator is supported at its outer end. 9o

In the generator the liquids are thorrmghly broken up, so as to be more easily vaporized, and the oil--vapor passing out through the holes in the top of the inner shell near its inner end is thoroughly mixed with the requisite quantity of steam generated at the same time in the oute r shell, whence the mixed vapor passes into the burner, where it burns, generating a high degree of heat,so that the generator is quickly and highly heated, and the flame fills the fire-box and passes up through the grate, where it is preferably checked by perforated baffle-plate 30,which insurestheconsumingof all the gases. In place of the baiiie-plate might be substituted a filling or layer of broken hre-brick, steel shavings, or other suitable material. In this manner a high degree of heat is generated and all utilized to heat the stove; but, if desired, the gas may be drawn off through a pipe 33, provided with valve 32, desirably extending over burner 22 to superheat the gas for use outside of the stove at any convenient distance and for any suitable purpose, sufiicient gas being permitted to pass to the burner to keep up the heat and the generation.

The inner shell is preferably arranged above the middle of the outer shell, as the oil vaporizes much faster than the water. The generator may be initially heated up to begin the process in any suitable way, as by means of the pan 31, arranged in the bottom of the stove, in which a little oil may be ignited. As soon as the generator has become well heated up the supply of oil and water may be reduced, and by reducing the supply very low the gases are all consumed low down in the stove and the baffle-plate may be used as a broiler,

range, or heater of substantially any construc-4 tion. It may be also adapted to steam-generators and used in the arts as for the melting of metals, &c., and provides a high degree of heat, burning', preferably, with a blue flame `with a great economy of fuel and is safe and clean. It produces a superior water-gas for all purposes, heating, lighting, development of power, use in gas-engines, &c. f

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a gas generator and heater, the combination with a heater of any suitable construction, of an elongated outer shell arranged substantially horizontally within the heater, a smaller elongated inner shell arranged within and in the upper portion of the outer shell and communicating therewith, said shells having their inlet ends arranged adjacent to the heatercasing, of a water-supply pipe passing through the casing to communicate immediately with the outer shell, an oil-supply pipe passing through the casing and communicating immediately with the inner shell, means to subdivide the liquids immediately on their admission to their respective shells, valves in said supplypipes, and a burner arranged beneath the outer shell.

a large outer sb ell, of a trough-like inner shell having an enlarged top opening arranged within and near the top of the outer shell, to leave a large mixing-space within the outer shell and without the inner shell, of a water-supply pipe to the outer shell, an oil-supply pipe to the inner shell, a burner beneath the outer shell and a vapor-pipe from the outer shell.

3. In a gas generator and heater, the com- 2. In a gas-generator, the combination with bination with a heater of any suitable construcf tion, of a cylindrical outer shell arranged substantially horizontally within the heater, a substantially cylindrical inner shell arranged within and in the upper portion of the outer shell and communicating therewith, said shells having their inlet ends arranged adjacent to the heater-casing, of a water-supply pipe passing through the casing to communicate immediately with the outer shell, an oil-supply pipe passing through the casing and communieating immediately with the inner shell, means to subdivide the liquids immediately on their admission to their respective shells, valves in said supply-pipes, a tubular burner arranged beneath the outer shell and a connecting-pipe from the outlet end of the outer shell to the burner.

4. In a gas generator and heater, the combination with the outer shell, of a small inner shell. arranged within and in the upper portion of the outer shell, to leave a large mixingspace around the inner shell, water and oil supply pipes connected, respectively, to the outer shell and to the inner shell, a tubular burner arranged beneath the outer shell, agaspipe from the outer shell to the burner, agas draw-0H pipe from the outer shell extending over the burner and substantially parallel there\vith,and a filling of porous material within the shells to break up the liquids immediately on their admission to their respective shells.

5. In a heater, the combination with a cylindrical outer shell arranged within the heaterbody, of a water-supply pipe connected to said shell at its inlet end, acylindrical trough-like inner shell having an elongated top opening arranged within the outer shell, an oil-supply pipe connected to the inner shell at its correponding inlet end, valves in said pipes, a tubular burner arranged beneath the outer shell, a connecting-pipe from the outlet end of the outer shell to the burner, a filling of porousmaterial in both shells, and a strainer in the outlet end of the outer shell to retain the porous material.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM L. DECKER.

lVitnesses: v

C. C. SCHOENECK, M. B. SMITH.

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